Chapter 1: Return to "Our Town"
One day in Ponyville Castle, Princess Twilight calls her friends for another meeting; she tells them that they are being summoned to “Our Town” again and they are surprised by this fact.
“Wow! We’re being summoned to this town again? How nice! They are even nicer than last time that we visited them!” cried Fluttershy happily.
“I agree, darling. I hope they have much better clothing than last time! Perhaps they could have the most wonderful clothing in all of Equestria! I could make dresses for them!” Rarity exclaimed pleased.
“Ooh ooh and their happy, lovin’ smiley faces when they threw that party made me super happy again! They used to have fake smiles but now they are really happy!!” Pinkie exclaimed joyfully.
“Boy howdy, it’s been a long time since we’ve been summoned there again. Wonder what kinda problem we can fix this time?” asked Applejack.
“But that’s just it; I thought we already solved their friendship problem! Why do we need to go back to ‘this place’ again?” asked Rainbow Dash as she floated above the map and threw her forehooves that were pointing down at the village.
“I don’t know, but what I do know is that we have to find out.” Princess Twilight suggested hopefully.
“What if Starlight is trying to get revenge on us or on her former villagers? I know that we all made her really angry.” asked Fluttershy worriedly.
“I bet it’ll take her longer than that to plan her revenge, Fluttershy.” said Applejack with a bit of doubt in her voice.
“I think we should all go and get Starlight off our minds, for now at least until we are sure that she is planning her revenge.” Rarity suggested kindly to break up her friends’ conversation.
Princess Twilight and her other friends all hummed and nodded in agreement.
“Let’s catch the train and be ready for whatever happens. I’ll tell Spike that we’re leaving again.” Princess Twilight advised her friends. She then left the room to find Spike.
An hour later they arrived in “Our Town” with the train, which dropped them off and left them behind there again. “Well, here we are.” announced Princess Twilight.
The main six arrive on the hill which the steep leads to the town, and they appear in the village. They find out that it is completely empty. Only wind is heard as a ball of hay is seen rolling across the street into an alley, there is also a sign swinging back and forth while creaking.
“Huh, that’s weird. This place has been deserted.” said Princess Twilight.
“Ooh we must be playing hide and seek! I love hide and seek!” shouted Pinkie Pie excitedly as she jumped up and down. Her friends looked at her angrily and shushed her.
“Oops, sorry.” Pinkie Pie chuckled nervously.
“Do you think someone has frightened them?” asked Fluttershy.
“They could be waiting for a big monster attack this time! That would be so awesome!” shouted Rainbow quietly and excitedly, as she is ready for action.
“It’s always you and the monster attacks, Rainbow.” Applejack told her frustratingly.
Rainbow Dash sighed. “Yeah, yeah. Whatever.” she said as she groaned in defeat.
“Now come on guys, let’s corporate. We don’t know what’s frightened the villagers. We’ll just tell them that we are here and everything will be alright.” said Princess Twilight.
“I’m not sure Twilight, they could be hearing our whispers already and they think that something bigger is approaching.” said Applejack.
“Well then let’s go to the Cutie Mark Vault, that’s where this town’s threat first started. That way we can be sure if Starlight is planning her revenge.” Princess Twilight told her friends.
They nod in agreement and they leave the town. Unbeknownst to them though, the ponies open up their doors and watch as their heroines leave them to find out who the whisperers where. They were surprised and smiled when they saw them and they went back into their houses thinking that they might save them from a new threat.
The main six take a long journey through the same route they went through the last time they came to the Cutie Mark Vault with Starlight Glimmer and Double Diamond. When they arrive there what they are seeing is shocking them, Starlight is seen taking hostages in cells and forcing them to give up their cutie marks.
“Starlight Glimmer! What are you doing back here?! Return their cutie marks this instant!” shouted Princess Twilight angrily. Starlight looked up to them shocked and she grinned evilly.
“Hello Princess Twilight, it’s such a pleasure to be with you here again today. Have you seen my amazing work? Taking everypony’s cutie mark away is easier than I thought it’d be! Some poor ponies couldn’t cower into their homes in time so sadly they had to be stripped from their identity!” said Starlight as she was about to take the next victim. She stripped the stallion off his cutie mark with her magic and encased it in the vault; she didn’t need the wooden stick this time since she gave away the secret of her spell so she used her own magic to rip of ponies’ cutie marks.
“But the job is quite exhausting, so I am happy to take a break to have this chat with you.” admitted Starlight Glimmer. She frowned and looked at the ponies that still have their cutie marks in their cells as they are cowering in fear.
“You let them go Starlight Glimmer! You will not win today!” shouted Princess Twilight angrily with hope in her voice. The main six nodded and gather closer around their friend.
“And why, could that be my dear Princess? What can you do to stop me?!” asked Starlight mockingly.
The main six looked to each other and grinned. Suddenly blasts came out of nowhere onto them and they turned into their rainbow power forms, they then floated up into the air shocking Starlight Glimmer.
“NO!!” shouted Starlight. She then glowed an aura around her horn and she tried to prevent them from using their magic against her.
Once she knew she had the power, she then grinned evilly again and proceeded to strip the main six of their power. Once she had absorbed their magic they were shocked to find out that their extra colours had faded and they knew they could no longer float in the air. They fell onto the ground hurt before Starlight Glimmer and they groaned. She began to laugh at them victoriously.
“You idiots! I now have your new powers and I have grown stronger! Now I have enough strength to take away your cutie marks!” shouted Starlight Glimmer gleefully.
“Nooo...” moaned Princess Twilight. She knew that all hope was lost since she and her friends were battered on the ground.
Starlight Glimmer glowed her magic again. Green aura now surrounded the main six like before, but this time there was a crowd around them that watched in horror as their cutie marks were being taken away by Starlight’s magic. Princess Twilight and her friends groaned in pain but it was the same amount of pain from before. Their cutie marks were taken into the Cutie Mark Vault and their rumps were replaced with equal cutie marks.
